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    The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield"...
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    The Model 1863 was only a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The...
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    the Springfield Model 1861 supplanted it, obviating the use of the insufficiently weather resistant Maynard tape primer. The Model 1855 Springfield was...
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    Massachusetts. It was a modification of the Springfield Model 1861. It was later replaced with the Springfield Model 1866. During the U.S. Civil War, the advantage...
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    Springfield Model 1855 and Springfield Model 1861. Both the original smoothbore version and the modified rifled version of the Model 1842 were used in the...
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  • "Springfield rifles". Rifled musket: Springfield Model 1855 – .58 caliber Maynard tape primer percussion lock rifled musket. Springfield Model 1861 –...
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    The trapdoor Springfields had originally been designed as an inexpensive method of converting Springfield Model 1861 and Springfield Model 1863 rifled...
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  • Springfield Model 1861 – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket. Springfield Model 1863 – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket. Springfield rifle...
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  • weapons that directly replaced smoothbore muskets. For example, the Springfield Model 1861 with its percussion lock mechanism and long barrel was called a...
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  • also used extensively by various manufacturers, such as Springfield (the Springfield Model 1861) and Enfield (the Pattern 1853 Enfield). Minié rifles were...
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  • 1844) Springfield Model 1855 (US – rifle – 1855) Springfield Model 1861 (US – rifle – 1861) Springfield Model 1863 (US – rifle – 1863) Springfield Model 1865...
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    serious wounds than earlier round musket balls. Both the American Springfield Model 1861 and the British Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled muskets, the most common...
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  • U.S. Model 1861 muskets and Sharps rifle Here is a number of Springfield Model 1861 contract rifles produced elsewhere except Springfield Griffith, P...
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  • train guard detachments. Its unit cost (several times that of a Springfield Model 1861 rifled musket) also stood in the way. However, shortly after the...
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  • The Springfield Model 1795 was a .69 caliber flintlock musket manufactured in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the United States. The Model 1795...
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    rifles were used alongside muzzle-loading rifled muskets such as the Springfield Model 1861. The first Henry rifles were not produced for army use until mid-1862...
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  • issue weapon for regular army infantry, and ultimately the Springfield Model 1861 and Model 1863. By the time of the Civil War, the Mississippi Rifle was...
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    Samuel Colt, a long time associate, and produced weapons such as the Springfield Model 1861. Parts were interchangeable with these weapons and with the Colt...
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    most widely used infantry weapon in the war, surpassed only by the Springfield Model 1861 Rifled Musket. The Confederates imported more Enfields during the...
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    too complicated for issue to soldiers and was supplanted by the Springfield Model 1861, a conventional muzzle loading rifle. During the American Civil...
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  • in design to the British Pattern 1853 Enfield and the American Springfield Model 1861 rifle-muskets. It had a 37.5-inch (95 cm) barrel which was held...
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  • the primary small arms used by each side were the .58 caliber Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket (North), and the .577 caliber Enfield rifle-musket...
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    firearms. Muzzleloaders included the Brown Bess, Charleville and Springfield Model 1861 muskets, the Kentucky and Mississippi rifles, and the duelling pistol...
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  • Model 1863 Springfield Model 1861 1853 Enfield musket Springfield Model 1855 M1819 Hall Rifle Model 1816 Musket Springfield Model 1812 Musket Model 1795 Musket...
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    Postmaster, son founded Lamson, Goodnow & Yale, producing muskets Springfield Model 1861 for Abraham Lincoln's army, family of millionaire Congressman Chester...
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  • Magazine: Personal Defense World. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-03-16. "SPRINGFIELD ARMORY US MODEL 1903 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER RANGES". bowersweapons.com. Archived...
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     United States 1860 Springfield Model 1855 Springfield Armory .58 Minié ball  United States 1861 Springfield Model 1861 Springfield Armory .58 Minié ball...
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    American Civil War vintage such as the Pattern 1853 Enfield and Springfield Model 1861. Metal cartridge weapons were prized by native combatants, such...
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  • reenactors and historical firearms enthusiasts. Springfield Model 1842 Springfield Model 1855 Springfield Model 1861 Pattern 1853 Enfield Richmond Rifle Sharps...
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    5th New York Infantry Regiment (category 1861 establishments in New York (state))
    New York and Jersey City. On Monday, April 29, 1861, the regiment withdrew 800 Model 1842 Springfield Muskets .69 caliber, smoothbore muskets from state...
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